In later traditions, this Ajax is called a son of Oileus and the nymph Rhene and is also mentioned among the suitors of Helen.

Pausanias also relates that a gigantic skeleton, its kneecap in diameter, appeared on the beach near Sigeion, on the Trojan coast ; these bones were identified as those of Ajax.

* Ajax ( mythology ), son of Telamon, ruler of Salamis and a hero in the Trojan War, also known as " Ajax the Great "

* Ajax Orlando Prospects, also known as Ajax America, an American soccer team from Orlando, Florida

* Aspen Mountain ( Colorado ), United States, also known as Ajax Mountain

* Kanichee Mine, Temagami, Ontario, Canada, also known as Ajax Mine

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax ( after the legendary Greek hero ), is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Cruijff departed prior to the second Cup Winners Cup final and with most of the 80's stars such as van Basten also leaving, Ajax once again declined.

Dutch national first-team players Ryan Babel, Wesley Sneijder, Rafael van der Vaart, Maarten Stekelenburg, Eljero Elia, André Ooijer, John Heitinga and Nigel de Jong had also came through the ranks at Ajax and all are now playing for top-flight clubs.

Ajax has also expanded its talent searching program to South Africa with Ajax Cape Town.

Ajax has also had a satellite club in the United States under the name Ajax America, until it filed for bankruptcy.

:: 1973, 1995 *( Ajax also won in 1972, however, UEFA only sanctioned the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in 1973 so the 1972 edition was an unofficial one.

That victory meant Ajax had won every tournament ( 5 in total ) they entered that year, a feat Celtic achieved in 1967 ( with 6 trophies ) and Barcelona ( also 6 trophies ) repeated in 2009.

Ajax also hunted the Trojan flocks, both on Mount Ida and in the countryside.

The alternative term, telamones, also is derived from a later mythological hero, Telamon, one of the Argonauts, who was the father of Ajax.

Feyenoord also have a fierce rivalry abroad in Tottenham Hotspur, who following several violent clashes with the club coupled with a link to Ajax are not popular with the Rotterdam club.

Ajax is also the name of the escaped gorilla who appears in the short film Donald Duck and the Gorilla ( 1944 ).

Since 2006, Edgar was getting too many injuries and was not able to operate in the main squad of Ajax regularly, he was recovering from injuries and getting the shape in the youth team ( Jong Ajax ).

* Kermit " Kim " Roosevelt ( 1916 – 2000 ) Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. was the mastermind of the Central Intelligence Agency's ( CIA ) Operation Ajax, which orchestrated the coup against Iran's democratically-elected Mohammed Mossadegh administration, and returned Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, to Iran's Peacock Throne in August 1953 for the purpose of returning Western control of Middle Eastern oil supplies.

With five national championships ( 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939 ), Ajax was the most successful Dutch team of the nineteen thirties.

In 1969 – 70 Ajax won the Dutch league championship, winning 27 out of 34 games and scoring 100 goals.

Ajax completed the treble of European Cup, Dutch National Championship and the KNVB Cup in 1972 before adding the Intercontinental Cup.

In 1973, Ajax won a third consecutive European Cup and another Dutch championship.

In 1995, the year Ajax won the Champions League, the Dutch national team was almost entirely composed of Ajax players, with Edwin van der Sar in goal ; players such as Michael Reiziger, Frank de Boer, and Danny Blind in defense ; Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, and Clarence Seedorf in midfield ; and Patrick Kluivert and Marc Overmars in attack.

However, when, under manager Jack Kirwan, the club got promoted to the top flight of Dutch football for the first time in 1911 ( then the Eerste Klasse or ' First Class ', later named the Eredivisie ), Ajax were forced to change their colours because Sparta Rotterdam already had exactly the same outfit.

Dennis Nicolaas Bergkamp (; born 10 May 1969 ) was a Dutch professional footballer and now is the assistant manager to Frank de Boer at Ajax.

The club is historically one of the three clubs that have dominated the first tier of Dutch football, the others being Ajax and PSV.

As the cup holders, Feijenoord participated in the 1970 – 71 European Cup despite relinquishing the Dutch title, which was won by Ajax.

Feyenoord won their fifth Dutch Cup in 1980 by beating Ajax 3 – 1 in the final.

However, Feyenoord later defeated Ajax in Rotterdam 4 – 1 and Ajax were subsequently beaten a second time in the Dutch Cup.

Before the start of the new 1999 – 2000 season, Ajax were beaten in their own stadium when Feyenoord won their second Dutch Super Cup title, after a free kick by Patrick Paauwe, which secured a 3 – 2 win.

With his eventual hiring as Feyenoord manager, Koeman became the first to ever serve as both player and head coach at all teams of the so-called " traditional big three " of Dutch football: ( AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord itself ) Moreover, he played and managed these teams in the same order.

Marcel " Marco " van Basten (, 31 October 1964 ) is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played for Ajax and Milan, as well as the Dutch national team, in the 1980s and early 1990s.

He was later the head coach of Ajax and the Dutch national team.

Notable Dutch football teams and clubs include: FC Groningen in 1971, Amsterdamsche Football club Ajax in 1900, Feyenoord Rotterdam in 1908 and PSV Eindhoven in 1913.

PSV confirmed their role as title favorites beating Dutch Champions AFC Ajax 4-2 in the Dutch Super Cup final.

This was due to both Dutch Cup finalists Ajax and PSV qualifying for the recently expanded Champions League.

Supporters of the Dutch football team AFC Ajax met with Feyenoord supporters in what has come to be known as the " Battle of Beverwijk ".

The Opuntian Locrians worshiped Ajax as their national hero, and so great was their faith in him that when they drew up their army in battle, they always left one place open for him, believing that, although invisible to them, he was fighting for and among them.

For probably the first time in decades, none of the " Big Three " Clubs ( Ajax, PSV, and Feyenoord ) provided the backbone for the national team.

It was invented by Rinus Michels, a famous Dutch football trainer / coach ( who was the coach of both Ajax and the Netherlands national team at the time ).

During this era Ajax played some of their finest football ever, achieving home wins ( 46-0-0 ) for two full seasons ( 1971 – 72 and 1972 – 73 ), just one defeat in the whole of the 1971-72 season, and celebrating five titles in 1972 ( the Netherlands national league, KNVB Cup, European Cup, European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup ).

Rinus Michels, who played under Reynolds, later went on to become manager of Ajax himself and refined the concept into what is known today as " Total Football " ( Totaalvoetbal in Dutch ), using it in his training for the Ajax squad and the Netherlands national team in the 1970s.

He won his first trophy in 1998 – 99 – the national championship – along with the following season's Dutch Super Cup, after a 3 – 2 win against Ajax Amsterdam.

After his playing career ended with Ajax, Laudrup became a coach at age 36 when he started serving as an assistant coach for the Danish national team coach Morten Olsen in 2000.

Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals.

Van Gaal is an avid promoter of attacking football, educated in the best traditions of the Total Football by Ajax and the Dutch national team of the 1970s.

Ajax was so successful under Van Gaal's leadership that during the 1990s, the Dutch national team was dominated by Ajax players such as Patrick Kluivert, Marc Overmars, Dennis Bergkamp, Frank and Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Winston Bogarde, Michael Reiziger, and Edwin van der Sar.

De Boer began his career as a left back at Ajax before switching to centre back, a position he made his own for many years in the national team.

In his first year at Ajax, Grønkjær made his full international debut for the Denmark national team in the 2000 European Championship ( Euro 2000 ) qualification game against Italy on 27 March 1999.

He played his entire career for the club Ajax Amsterdam, which he later coached, and was a member of the Netherlands national team both as a player and as manager.

Michels became most notable for his coaching achievements, having won the European Cup with Ajax and the Spanish league with Barcelona, and having had four tenures as coach of the Netherlands national team, which he led to reach the final match of the 1974 World Cup and to win the 1988 European Championship.

That season Ajax won their fourteenth division championship and a year later they won the Dutch national championship.

However, after another campaign dealing with several injuries, he left and returned to Holland, playing his final two years at PSV Eindhoven ( in his second, he won the league, and was also reunited with Ajax, Barça and national team mate Patrick Kluivert, although the two rarely ever played ).